Sweet Lou makes it 7 straight at Meadowlands

It does not look likely as the five-year-old stallion once again showed his heels to his rivals in winning the $40,000 FFA Pace at the Meadowlands Saturday.

Driven by Ron Pierce, Sweet Lou waited in third place as Golden Receiver and driver Corey Callahan led the field to the opening quarter mile in :26.4. But once the field reached the backstretch, Pierce sent Sweet Lou to the front and he was firmly in command by the half mile in :54.1.

Then it was Thinking Out Loud and driver John Campbell who was first to challenge and they came flying up first-over and nearly collared Sweet Lou by the three-quarters in 1:21.3. He had come up so fast that Captaintreacherous and driver Tim Tetrick was gapping second-over until the top of the stretch.

But it was too little too late for everyone else in the field as once they started down the stretch, Pierce and Sweet Lou skipped away from the field and won by two open lengths in 1:47.3 with Captaintreacherous second and Thinking Out Loud third.

Not only was it the seventh straight win for Sweet Lou, but it was also his fourth straight win in 1:47.4 and no harness horse has ever done that before. Trained by Ron Burke and owned by the Burke Racing Stable, Weaver-Bruscemi, L. Karr and P. Collura, it was the seventh win in ten starts this year for Sweet Lou. He paid $2.80 to win.